{"id":4356983,"date":"2023-02-05T10:54:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T10:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theglobalherald.com\/news\/the-moment-a-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-is-shot-down-over-east-coast-of-us\/"},"modified":"2023-02-05T10:54:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T10:54:29","slug":"the-moment-a-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-is-shot-down-over-east-coast-of-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theglobalherald.com\/news\/the-moment-a-suspected-chinese-spy-balloon-is-shot-down-over-east-coast-of-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The moment a suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down over east coast of US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The moment a suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down over east coast of US\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X2mbCz1urwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<p>Guardian News published this video item, entitled “The moment a suspected Chinese spy balloon is shot down over east coast of US” – below is their description.<\/p><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Footage shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down over the Carolina coast. Two US fighter jets circled the balloon before launching an air missile to destroy it. Beijing claimed it was a weather observation airship that had been blown off course, but the Pentagon claimed it had been able to manoeuvre and make deliberate turns. The US said it reached Montana, home to some of the US arsenal of nuclear ballistic missiles. Some Republicans called for the balloon to be shot down over land, despite the risk of deaths and property damage below. The Biden administration took the decision to disable it once it reached Carolina’s coastline <\/p><p>Now the Chinese \u2018spy balloon\u2019 is down, the question is: what was it for? <\/p><p>US shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon over east coast<\/p><cite>Guardian News YouTube Channel<\/cite><\/blockquote><p>Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. 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